[racket] try-racket alternative

Without comparing one to the other, I really like it.

What I'd like to do, personally, for the next time I run a PL course (where
I do a rapid run through the foundations of HtDP to introduce the language)
is be able to develop a series of tutorials that leverage a framework like
this. Coupled with some pre-recorded lecture content (or not), the
tutorials could be used for concept introduction and initial practice,
while DrR + unit tests could provide the framing for the second round of
exploration. (Yes, I know, writing checks are an important part of the
learning process, but sometimes I provide a few tests on a few problems to
get them started.)

Either way, very cool, and thanks for making it open. Very nice.

Cheers,
Matt

PS. I think this address is the one I'm subscribed to the list on... at
least, it appears to be... apologies to the list admins if I keep getting
it wrong...


On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:57 AM, J Arcane <jarcane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh wow! This is quite lovely. Definitely an improvement so far, in my book.
>
> I believe that the one included in try-racket is mostly based upon the
> Quick Guide: http://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/ The examples are largely
> similar, I think just a few things were tweaked or abbreviated.
>
> The state of the web front-end is mostly unmodified because I simply
> didn't have much in the way of web-design skills when I took on the
> project. I treated the JS side in particular as little more than a black
> box. I've picked up some JS/HTML since, but my skills as an admin or a web
> dev still leave a lot to be desired.
>
> Ultimately, my interest has always been in just seeing to it that there
> was a high-quality online repl available for Racket somewhere, and at the
> time, none was hosted, so I took up the repo because I needed to be able to
> easily push changes to get it working.
>
> This is all just a rambling lead up to say that I really like what you've
> done with the thing, and to be perfectly honest would be quite happy to
> hand over the domain.
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Floyd Arguello <floyd.arguello at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>>  Thank you!
>>
>> They are enjoying Racket - Realm of Racket is a phenomenal book.
>>
>> Floyd
>>
>>  On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at cs.indiana.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is really nicely done! I hope your daughters are enjoying Racket
>> as well. :)
>>
>> Sam
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Floyd Arguello
>> <floyd.arguello at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I found that my daughters had a lot of questions when they went through
>> the
>> tutorial at http://try-racket.org/ - what’s a function? What’s a binding?
>> Lambda? Lexical scope?
>>
>> So, I thought I’d create an alternative to try-racket - for kids ages 12
>> and
>> up, give or take.
>>
>> With that in mind, I forked https://github.com/jarcane/try-racket,
>> applied a
>> new design, and added:
>>
>> * the bootstrap js framework
>> * the ability to clear and reset the console (doesn’t clear pictures yet)
>> * multi-line entries in the console - auto indents at 2 spaces (needs more
>> work)
>>
>> I also removed “context” from the error messages - to keep the errors
>> short
>> and sweet.
>>
>> It’s very much a work in progress, but you can see it here:
>> http://trycode.io/
>>
>> As for the content, one idea is to rewrite the tutorial for a younger,
>> less
>> experienced crowd, and use the “info” box in the lower left to provide
>> additional information, terminology, context, etc…
>>
>> Another idea is to write a simple, text-based game; though it lacks the
>> instant gratification of a picture appearing in the console.
>>
>> Any ideas/feedback?
>>
>> Anyone want to pitch in? :)
>>
>> https://github.com/arguello/trycode.io
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Floyd
>>
>>
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